10th Sep, 2005: A big switched so far

I've been playing penhold grip (Japanese style) for a little less than a month now. I like the powerful and lightness of it. I can swing powerfully without sacrificing any power. The truth is I can handle it fairly well up to this point. I can use my backhand as well. One thing that I'm still not too sure is my forehand. It supposed to be my killing weapon, but I keep hitting it out. I really have to work on it before the college tournament around the thanksgiving break. Actually before next month..coach would take us to Evansville again. This time I've to show them something. I have 2 different setup for my blade. I played with Butterfly Sriver EL (max) rubber for quite a while when I first started playing penhold last month. Then about 2 weeks later, I bought my Butterfly Bryce 2.1 rubber. I really didn't like it at first. It's just too fast and bouncing too long. The ball always goes out the table. So I had to forced myself to play with Sriver EL. It's true that the more I play with it, the more I like it. I stuck with it for about another week. This friday I played with Sriver EL, I just did not get any feeling out of it. It's relatively slow and just a little bit too thick for my taste. This morning I decided to take out my Bryce again. I would play with it today and see how I do. After experimenting it for few hours, I found that I shouldn't glue it too much. Or it'd be bouncing too far off the end of the table. As the glue effect diminishing throughout the hours, I got a better feeling on this Bryce. It's definitely a killing weapon if I could hit it right on the spot everytime. I can injure someone if I smash it real hard... I feel that my serves are way better than before. I learned how to use heavy spin, little spin and no spin on my serves. The next step is to increase my forehand's consistency as well as placement. I BELIEVE I could beat those guys this time in Evansville if I concentrate and not giving up on any shot.